{"id":15178,"date":"2025-02-11T20:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/eu-to-invest-200-billion-euros-in-ai-but-it-might-not-be-enough\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T21:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:01:34","slug":"eu-to-invest-200-billion-euros-in-ai-but-it-might-not-be-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/eu-to-invest-200-billion-euros-in-ai-but-it-might-not-be-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to invest 200 billion euros in AI, but it might not be enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union bloc of countries wants to take a step forward in terms of the artificial intelligence segment. The strong regulatory environment has hindered development in the area, causing it to lag significantly behind its US or China counterparts. However, the EU wants to change this with a \u20ac200 billion investment in AI.<br \/>\nThe InvestAI initiative to fund AI development in EU countries with \u20ac200 billion<br \/>\nThe EU funding will fall under the so-called \u201cInvestAI initiative.\u201d Its main goal is to build \u201cgigafactories\u201d to produce and train complex AI models. The project has a similar idea to Stargate, the North American initiative. In fact, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a \u20ac109 billion investment for AI development in the country, comparing the project directly to Stargate. However, the North American initiative is much more ambitious than the French one.<br \/>\nUrsula von der Leyen, EU Commission President, revealed the InvestAI initiative during the AI \u200b\u200bAction Summit in Paris this week. The EU has added another \u20ac50 billion to the \u20ac150 billion previously pledged by the European AI Champions Initiative (a group of private investors), bringing the total AI funding to \u20ac200 billion (about $206 billion).<br \/>\n\u201cWe want Europe to be one of the leading AI continents, and this means embracing a way of life where AI is everywhere,\u201d Von der Leyen stated. \u201cToo often I hear that Europe is late to the race where the United States or China have already gotten ahead. I disagree, because the AI \u200b\u200brace is far from being over,\u201d she added.<br \/>\nThe strong regulatory environment regarding data use remains present<br \/>\nIt\u2019s noteworthy that the main problem for AI in EU countries is not investment. The severe data regulations in the bloc\u2019s countries delay the development of such tools. Services like Apple Intelligence are not even available in the EU yet because of it. The use and collection of massive datasets is a fundamental part of the development of AI-powered services. EU regulations seem to directly conflict with an initiative to work on artificial intelligence projects in the region.<br \/>\nThe US and China already have multiple AI-powered flagship services available. Think of platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and others, in addition to image, voice, and video generators. However, the EU has not been able to catch up yet. US Vice President JD Vance this week called the EU regulatory environment \u201cauthoritarian censorship.\u201d He said that \u201cexcessive regulation of the AI \u200b\u200bsector could kill a transformative industry.\u201d<br \/>\nThat said, the EU seems to continue to see its model as the \u201ccorrect\u201d one and does not seem likely to change it. \u201cAI will improve our healthcare, spur our research and innovation and boost our competitiveness. We want AI to be a force for good and for growth,\u201d said Von der Leyen. \u201cWe are doing this through our own European approach\u2014based on openness, cooperation, and excellent talent.\u201d<br \/>\nThe post EU to invest 200 billion euros in AI, but it might not be enough appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ai-artificial-intelligence-AH-8-Large-jpeg.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"682\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union bloc of countries wants to take a step forward in terms of the artificial intelligence segment. 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